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Jun 12, 2018 · In its first reporting of the 1978 revelation on priesthood, the Church News cited the extensive media attention given and a telegram sent by U.S. President Jimmy Carter. But the report’s most powerful words were the responses from black members.
The 1978 Revelation on Priesthood was an announcement by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) that reversed a long-standing policy excluding men of Black African descent from ordination to the denomination's priesthood and both Black men and women
On June 1, 1978, the Lord revealed to His prophet and to the members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles that “the long-promised day ha[d] come when every faithful, worthy man in the Church may receive the holy priesthood, with power to exercise its divine authority, and enjoy with his loved ones every blessing that ...
Jul 16, 2023 · He proposed a tentative statement along these lines to his counselors in the First Presidency on May 30. Then, on Thursday, June 1, 1978, the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles came together in fasting and prayer in the Salt Lake Temple.
May 31, 2018 · Elder Bruce R. McConkie’s Witness of the 1978 Revelation on the Priesthood. (From the chapter on Elder McConkie’s special witness of Jesus.) On June 1, 1978, Elder McConkie enjoyed, with his Brethren of the First Presidency and ten of the Twelve, the most spiritual experience of his life, at least to that point. [1]
The 1978 Revelation of Reversion and Repair. Paul Reeve recently wrote, “In June 1978 President Spencer W. Kimball received a revelation which returned the church to its universal roots and restored what was lost: priesthood and temple admission to people of African descent.
Nov 15, 1997 · The 1978 revelation received through President Spencer W. Kimball extending the priesthood to worthy males of all races is one of the events of greatest impact upon the worldwide spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
